2-in-1 device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewage

Scientists today described a new and more efficient version of an innovative device the size of a washing machine that uses bacteria growing in municipal sewage to make electricity and clean up the sewage at the same time. Their report at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) suggested that commercial versions of the two-in-one device could be a boon for the developing world and water-short parts of the US. Read more